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Can we get one of these going? Rate, h8, rec, shitpost, etc. How's my power level?

>> No.9674251

Are those from the library?

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oh look, it's that picture again

>> No.9674363
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First time reading all of them except slaughterhouse 5

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>> No.9675200
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>lusíadas, portugal classic
>quincas borba, brazilian classic
>nausea

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>> No.9675831

>>9674363
>writing in the titles

now thats what i call autism

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>>9674368

>> No.9676901

>>9674368
There is nothing wrong with being right-wing but those books lack substance. Get a book by Evola or Spengler atleast.

C. S. Lewis or G. K. Chesterson if you're a christian.

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>>9674363


Far too first-day-on-/lit/ tier for me to make any judgement
>>9674368
niceme.me
>>9675707
What's hour of our death about?

>> No.9678182

>>9677839
>What's hour of our death about?

Western cultural attitudes towards human death over the past 1000 years (starts with Arthurian legends). Doesn't look to be quite what I was hoping it would be, i.e., a more direct inquiry rather than an overview, but to be fair I only read 2-3 pages on the night I got it.

Been reading Anatomy of Melancholy which sets the bar pretty high as far as looking into death and depression; also been reading a book that takes a broader (geographically) view of a more specific part of death (suicide) which although lacking the depth/charm of Anatomy is interesting because of how different some of the perspectives are, especially tribal views from Africa, Pacific Island cultures, etc.

Hour of Our Death seemed a bit shallow for the first few pages, and also, being western-focused, a bit too familiar to someone raised in that culture. Will probably give it a shot after finishing Anatomy but unfortunately I think it'll be less interesting.

>> No.9678189

>>9674223
I like the Frazetta cover on the Mars book.

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rate me, guys

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do I fit in?

>>9674223
big on grateful dead? they're what got me into playing music.

>>9674363
>>9677839
>>9678240
stop reading literary fiction and start reading philosophical material.

>> No.9678276

>>9678240
rented Lamborghini in garage/10

>> No.9678285

>>9678266
>literary fiction
>philosophy
potayto, potahto

>> No.9678294

>>9678285
I mean a children's cartoon can depict philosophical concepts. Hume and Kant get right to the point.

>> No.9678366
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Currently on my nightstand

2012 Estonian Design Awards
Karl Barth secondary source
the New Testament
Camus' Myth of Sisyphus

>> No.9678380

>>9678366
the myth of sisyphus changed my life

>> No.9678392

>>9678366
>>9678380
>reasoning that you cannot reason

>> No.9678498

>>9678380
It's nice light before-bed reading.

>> No.9679320

>>9678380
How so? I've been looking for a physical copy but they're all expensive as fuck. I've got The Fall coming any day though.

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>>9678380

I'm really excited to get into Sisyphus. Right after I finish The Feast of the Goat

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>> No.9680103

>>9679372
You are either a weak skinny-fat manlet faggot or you're a girl. But judging on the fact that you're French, I am guessing that you are the former.

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>>9674368
>HALO: THE ESSENTIAL VISUAL GUIDE

>> No.9680226

>>9680103
French? Are you retarded?

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>>9674223
R8, h8, I don't care

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F

>> No.9681126

>>9674368
very low iq

>> No.9681552
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my tastes are kinda normal, i think. rates are welcome

>> No.9681561

>>9674368
so fucking alpha he bought a copy of gorilla mindset and they gave him a second one for free

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>> No.9681721

>>9681613
Why is your copy of The Epic of Gilgamesh at least 4x as thick as my copy?

>> No.9681726

>>9681552
pretty shitty actually

>> No.9681807

heyo I have my primary bookshelf in a cooler cuz I was evicted and I'm living in the woods and it's dark right and I only got tiki torches but on the sunup maybe I can post a pic of the spill bucket.

>> No.9681814

>>9681807
lol if real

>> No.9682154

>>9681721
>Penguin
>100 page introduction
>100 pages of citations

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>> No.9682311

>>9681721
It contains the text from the Babylonian and Sumerian poem fragments as well as the Standard version.

>>9682154
>There are entire lines with ellipses
>Be constantly reminded that parts of the epic are lost or damaged, and will never be completed
It fucking hurts!

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I've finally have got me enough time (and disposition) to tackle these beasts.

R8 me family

>> No.9682472

nu i drisnja

>> No.9682474

pidori

>> No.9682568

>>9674368
Did you cop Citizens for Trump? Posobiec's prose is incredible.

>> No.9682571

>>9682467
v. nice.

>> No.9682689

>>9681552
Can we be friends, Anon?

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>>9674363
>Jokerman font.

>> No.9683003

>>9682213

Goodlookin' stack, bb. Like yr editions, too. Mm.

>> No.9683014

>>9681613
>The Feast of the Goat
three kingdoms

yehhhh i really love it.

>> No.9683268

>>9682467
doubt youll read any of them

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>>9674368
>lauren southern

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Please rate my pile, got most of them used on the cheap.

Unfortunately the spine broke on "Making Money" :( Still can send it back though

>> No.9683440

>>9683415
Start reading actual books instead of escapist fiction.
>star trek technical manual
Fuck, where did you came from, 70's?

>> No.9683453

>>9683440

"Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”

>> No.9683458

>>9683453
Nice try, but that's not even a real Tolkien quote.

>> No.9683524

>>9683458
Did I say it was?!

>> No.9683594

>>9678240
rsd fanatic

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>>9680103
>Books in german and english
>thinks s/he is french

>> No.9683674

>>9682467
I find it funny when people keep falling over and over again for Fagles, the meme man.

People reading this that still didn't buy your copies of Iliad and Odyssey: do yourselves a favor and go with Lattimore.

>> No.9684729

>>9674223

Oh you guys don't understand do you? Wealth? That can change in a second. A split second decision. You really don't understand the gravity of the situation?

Paperbacks are fine, hardbacks are way too expensive.

>> No.9684739

>>9683674
oh pls, even guy davenport likes fagles.

>> No.9685045

>>9684729
>hardbacks are way too expensive.
No they aren't. They take too much space though.

>> No.9686311

bump

>> No.9686450

>>9678266
Can't read but a few of these titles but props for Pearl Buck there!

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>>9680230
I really enjoyed Butcher's Crossing & Warlock. :)
>>9681613
What edition of The Three Kingdoms are those? Last I checked my only options on Amazon were giant (prolly abridged) versions and sets a little outside my $$$
good stack.
>>9682213
Sexy Quixote.

>> No.9686578

>>9686546
>https://www.abebooks.com/9787119005904/Three-Kingdoms-Chinese-Classics-Volumes-7119005901/plp
The 2-volume set of Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel is unabridged too. There is a 5-volume set with both english and the original chinese text, but it's pricey.

>> No.9686977

>>9683674
You sound like such a fag. Fagles is fine.

>> No.9687852
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>>9683415

Got another pile today, what do you think /lit/ ?

>> No.9687857

>>9687852
>>9683415
pretty shit t b h kys mm ;^)

>> No.9687866

>>9687857

Thanks, senpai :^)

>> No.9689752

>>9674368
>halo 4 and 5 anywhere near the other halos

get that shit out of the picture and it will be a 10/10

>> No.9690257

>>9687852
I like it

>> No.9690337
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26 bucks

>> No.9691568

bump

>> No.9691578

>>9690337

Did you include that price as though it was a good deal? What?

>> No.9691762

>>9681613

>three kingdoms
>four books

This triggered me

>> No.9691769

>>9682213

why the fuck is your inferno literally 3 times my copy from vintage

>> No.9691771

>>9682467

what penguin series are these? got damn beauties

>> No.9691867

>>9691769
does the vintage one have both translations in it?

>> No.9691873

>>9691867
i mean original + translation sorry

>> No.9693190

>>9678380
How exactly?

>> No.9693272

>>9674363
The fuck is that Wilde and Aristotle?

did you seriously buy that createspace tier shit off of amazon? and for philosophy in translation of all things?

>> No.9693319

>>9674368
stop reading pamphlets

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>>9686546
Sorry dude I think you fucked up with that Browne.

>> No.9693371

>>9693365
whoops wrong review

look here instead:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R1L7ZB2CDC6MGD

>> No.9693463

>>9683674
I finished Lattimore's Iliad not too long ago. I asked my brother to read Fagle's so we could compare afterwards, but frustratingly, he didn't. Would you mind pointing out some of the main differences? Why is one better or worse than the other? My own research seems to indicate that they're about the same, Fagles is just more modern.

I was thinking about reading Fagle's Odyssey to compare for myself. Does it matter?

>> No.9693578

>>9691769
Its penguin so the usual, 100 page intro and 100 page commentary. I actually enjoyed reading it side by the side with the story

>> No.9693635

>>9693463
Are you in high school?

>> No.9693988

Phone's dead, so I'll just post text

>Gift from teacher
Jose Saramago - Blindness
Virginia Woolf - Mrs. Dalloway
Toni Morrison - Beloved

>Recent purchases
Italo Calvino - Cosmicomics
ee cummings - Selected Poems

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>>9687852
Ignoring the right pile because I've read none of them except Catcher. I rate the left stack but word to the wise do not read Wind Up Bird Chronicle. Fucking terrible.

Moby Dick, Monte Cristo, Earnest, 22, Great Expectations (in that order) are well worth the read.

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>>9693988
Followup post

>> No.9695127

>not resizing your photos and removing exif data

you guys are dumb as shit.

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>>9674223
Everything but the Illiad is a first time read

>> No.9695704

>>9695127
What does it matter to you?

>> No.9695712

>>9695127
this isnt /b/, nobody on the hobby boards are trying to get you

>> No.9695718

>>9695712
What does exif data even tell you?

>> No.9695972

>>9678240
get out

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>>9695121
I think I have half of these on my own bookshelf. Good choice on the Master and Margarita translation you picked too, it's better than P&V's IMHO.

Can't see if it's there but after you read Foucault and Eco's Baudolino check out his novel Foucault's Pendulum. I also highly recommend checking out Eco's Opera Aperta as far as theory goes too, especially if you are into music as well.

These are some of the recent things I picked up from the bookstore I work at. I have some Kobo Abe, Osamu Dazai, and Mann's Magic Mountain on order currently as well. Was stoked to get Men Without Women as an ARC from work.

>> No.9696810

>>9695144
>Robespierre
He literally did nothing wrong

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Reading JR and loving it right now. My dad said he had a copy of Mason & Dixon in his garage so I went looking, didn't find it, but found these others. Will look again tomorrow. It's just so hot in there

>> No.9697539

>>9678266
Outta left field, but are those original Pokemon cards tucked in that case there?

>> No.9698417

>>9695121
That IS a beautiful Ulysses

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Got this bad boy for 3USD at goodwill. It's in nearly perfect condition too.

>> No.9700430

nice stacks

>> No.9701436

>>9674223
$15 for the lot